Why do some attributes start with '@' while others done't?

[karabuta via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 22 January 2016 at 04:30:33 UTC, tsbockman wrote:
> On Friday, 22 January 2016 at 02:13:56 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
> wrote:
>> [...]
>
> I don't necessarily disagree with your overall point, but I 
> think the question of whether a few attributes have an @ 
> attached to them or not ranks pretty low on the list of "70% 
> solutions with marginal support" that need fixing/fleshing out. 
> If this is truly among the most pressing issues with D, then D 
> must be in great shape.
>
> It seems like poor allocation of resources (both those of the D 
> development team, and those of the D users who would be forced 
> to update their code) to put much effort into this right now, 
> when there are so many other issues of greater practical import 
> to work on.


Well, it's a big issue for me :)